371' 6"

2 geared steam turbines

34'

3 (oil fired)

10' 9"

2

1,680 std. (a) / 1,980 full

50,000

38 (b)

200

N/A

(a): After 1935 standard tonnage increased from 1,680 to 2,090.

(b): Top speed after refit 34 knots.

6

5"/50 (127mm)
DP

3 twin turrets

20,100 yards @ 45° (11.4 miles)
AA ceiling 40,000 @ 75°
50.7 lb. HE shell

2

0.52"/76 (13mm)
AA MG

single mounts

7,108 yards @ 50° (4 miles)
AA ceiling 14,764' @ 85°
(max. effective range 13,060')

9

24" (610mm)
torpedo tubes

3 triple launchers

Max. depending on type
43,700 yards @ 50 knots (24 miles)
1,080 lb. Type 97 warhead

18

Mines

1941-42: Turret 2 removed and replaced with 14 - 25mm AA MG's,
4 additional 13mm added, 4 depth charge launchers added, 36 depth charges carried.
Also 6 extra torpedoes carried.

June 1944: Light AA guns increased to 22 - 25mm and 10 - 13mm.

25mm AA guns later increased to 28.

Ikazuchi

Uraga Dock Co.
Tokyo, Japan

Oct. 22, 1931

Aug. 15, 1932

Sunk Apr. 14, 1944 by USS Harder SS-257 (torpedo).
(some sources give the date as Apr. 13)

Location: North Pacific, 215 miles SSW of Guam.
(10.13N - 143.51E)

No survivors.

Inazuma

Fujinagata Zosensho
Osaka, Japan

Feb. 25, 1932

Nov. 15, 1932

Sunk May 14, 1944 by USS Bonefish SS-223 (torpedo).

Location: South China Sea, 7 miles W of Malasa Point, Tawitawi Island, Philippines.
(05.08N - 119.38E)

161 crewmen killed, 125 survivors picked up by Hibiki.

*Sometimes spelled Inadzuma or Inaduma.

Akatsuki

Sasebo Navy Yard
Sasebo, Japan

May 7, 1932

Nov. 30, 1932

Sunk Nov. 13, 1942 by USS Atlanta CL-51 and USS O'Bannon DD-450.

Location: South Pacific, 11 miles SE of Savo Island, Solomon Islands.
(09.17S - 159.56E)

Unknown number of casualties, 18 survivors picked up by US ships.

Hibiki

Kosakubu
Maizuru, Japan

June 16, 1932

Mar. 31, 1933

Surrendered at Maizuru, Japan in Aug. 1945. Transferred to Russia July 5, 1947 and
renamed Pritky. Scrapped 1962.

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